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NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

Contributed by Mike Smolinski

Contributed by Al Grazevich

USS Schenectady (LST-1185)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - India - Charlie NFIC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon - Navy Expeditionary Medal (1-Iran/Indian Ocean) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Third Row - Vietnam Service Medal (3) - Southwest Asia Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)

LST-1179 Newport Class Tank Landing Ship:

Laid down, 2 August 1968, at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA.

Launched, 24 May 1969

Commissioned USS Schenectady (LST-1185), 13 June 1970, CDR. David E. Sigsworth USN in command

During the Vietnam War USS Schenectady (LST-1185) participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Vietnam War Campaigns
Vietnamese Counteroffensive - Phase VII 23 to 26 May 1971	Vietnam Ceasefire 1 April to 7 May 1972 22 May to 11 June 1972 23 June to 15 July 1972
Consolidation II 12 to 9 December 1971 5 to 7 January 1972 6 to 10 February 1972 15 to 17 February 1972 21 March 1972 24 to 26 March 1972

Decommissioned, 15 December 1993

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, category B status, at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) Pearl Harbor, HI.

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 July 2001

Final Disposition, sunk as a target by B-52's, B-1's, F-15's along with FA-18's during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004

USS Schenectady earned three campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Schenectady was the seventh ship of the twenty ship Newport tank landing ship class, which replaced the traditional bow door design LST. Two derrick arms support a thirty-ton, 112-foot bow ramp for the unloading of tanks and other vehicles ashore, additionally, amphibious vehicles can be launched from the tank deck via the ship's stern gate and the ship's flight deck can accommodate most Navy helicopter types.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,190 t.(lt), 8,550 t.(fl)
Length 522' 3" (ovl)
Beam 69' 9 1/2" (max)

Draft

max forward (fl) 13' 6"

max aft (fl) 16' 3" 15'

Speed 27 kts. max.

Complement

14 Officers

15 CPO

226 Other Enlisted

Troop Accommodations

18 Officers

21 SNCO

268 Other Enlisted

Boats

three 36' LCVPs

one 36' LCPL

Aircraft

flight deck one spot

Armament
As Built
two twin 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts
Upgraded
two 25mm chain guns
six .50 cal machine guns
one 20mm Phalanx (CIWS)

Propulsion

six 16 cylinder ALCO 16-251E main propulsion diesel engines

two shafts, three engines per shaft, shaft horsepower 15,000

two controllable reversible pitch propellers, twin rudders

three ALCO 8-251C Generator sets, 1200 KW

one 800 hp variable thrust bowthruster

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	106k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** launching at National Steel and Shipbuilding Corp, San Diego, CA., 24 May 1969. US Navy photo from 1972-73 USS Schenectady cruise book	Derick S. Hartshorn
100119150	68k	U.S. Navy Amphibious Squadron 5 (PHIBRON 5) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin, in 1972. The Squadron consisted of; the Amphibious Assault Ship *USS Tripoli* (LPH-10), left; the Amphibious Transport Dock USS Duluth (LPD-6), Dock Landing Ship USS Anchorage (LSD-36); and Attack Transport USS Mobile (LKA-115), right; and the Tank Landing Ship USS Schenectady (LST-1185), not visible. Also visible is the Amphibious Command Ship USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19) on her first deployment. Blue Ridge and Anchorage are replenished by a Mars-class Combat Stores Ship. PHIBRON 5** was deployed to the Western Pacific, the Indian Ocean and Vietnam from 1 October 1971 to 8 August 1972. U.S. Navy photo from the USS Mobile (LKA-115)* 1971-1972 cruise book*	Robert Hurst
	72k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** transporting tank causeway, circa 1973 near Subic Bay, P.R.	Derick S. Hartshorn, courtesy Tom Totoris
	111k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** with ramp down, circa 1973, location unknown.	Derick S. Hartshorn, courtesy Brady S. Clinger.
	51k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Tom Sparkman and Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr.
	74k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown. Photo from Varamar Arts Canvas Prints	Tommy Trampp
	82k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** outbound to sea while exiting San Diego Bay, date unknown. Photo from Varamar Arts Canvas Prints	Tommy Trampp
1016118522	85k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** attached to a causeway while beached on the Silver Stand, San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Tommy Trampp
1016118523	596k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway off San Diego, CA., date unknown. ©George Barber	Nicholas Tiberio
	21k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, San Diego, 1978	Tom Sparkman
	141k	Stern view of *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185) at anchor in San Diego Bay in late 1978. Photo taken from USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63)**	Photo by Richard Stiles
	18k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
	25k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
	25k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Tom Sparkman
	88k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo
	91k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway, date and location unknown.	Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
1016118524	155k	Aerial view of *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** underway in 1984, location unknown. U.S. Navy photo from USS Schenectady (LST-1185) 1984 cruise book	Robert Hurst
	92k	Bow view of *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** moored at Pier 11 Naval Station San Diego, CA,, spring 1987.	Photo by Scott Miller
	287k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** under way off San Diego, CA.,1 June 1990. US Navy photo by PH3 Andrew C. Heur Defense Visual Information Center # DN-ST-90-10714	Robert Hurst
	72k	Marines watch as *USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** comes alongside to refuel while enroute to the Middle East in support of Operation Desert Shield, 1 September 1990. DVIC photo # DN-ST-91-02176 by PH3 Smith, USN, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo
	380k	*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** ship's bell and builders plaque on display on the quarterdeck of Naval Operational Support Base Schenectady, New York, 27 September 2012.	Photo by Peter Skoutas
	49k	Ex-*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** being hit with a bomb during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004.	Peter E. Skoutas EN1(SW) USN
	77k	Ex-*USS Schenectady* (LST-1185)** after being hit with a bomb during SINEX - Exercise Resultant Fury 19, 21-22 November 2004.	Peter E. Skoutas EN1(SW) USN
	86k	Ex-Schenectady (LST-1185) lists after being hit with seven 2,000 Joint Defense Attack Munitions (JADAM) missiles during exercise Resultant Fury at the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, HI., 23 November 2004. DVIC photo # DF-SD-07-41203 by TSGT Richard Freeland USAF, from the collections of the Defense Visual Information Center	Bill Gonyo

Additional Ships Patches
Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by Mike Smolinski	Contributed by Mike Smolinski

For more photos and information about USS Schenectady see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
USS Schenectady (LST-1185) web site
Mobile Riverine Force Association
The USS LST Ship Memorial
LST Homeport
State LST Chapters
United States LST Association

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Commanding Officers
01	CDR. Sigsworth, David Eugene, USN	13 June 1970 - 29 February 1972
02	CDR. Czar, Raymond James, USN	29 February 1972 - 22 August 1972
03	CDR. Matteson, Kelvin Lester, USN	22 August 1973 - 19 July 1975
04	CDR. Nolan, Michael Howard Vance, USN	19 July 1975 - 20 April 1977
05	LCDR. Pauling, David Robert, USN	20 April 1977 - 29 June 1977
06	CDR. Neuman, Dennis Earl, USN	29 June 1977 - 31 July 1979
07	CDR. Giorgio Jr., Frank Arthur, USN	31 July 1979 - 12 August 1981
08	CDR. Athanson, John Wayne, USN	12 August 1981 - 17 October 1983
09	CDR. Ihlenfeld, David Lawrence, USN	17 October 1983 - 3 January 1986
10	CDR. Mahoney, Leon Francis, USN	3 January 1986 - 26 May 1988
11	CDR. Meyertholen Jr., Joseph Anthony, USN	26 May 1988 - 8 May 1990
12	CDR. Gavett Jr., Wallace Leonard, USN (USNA 1972)	8 May 1990 - 27 March 1992
13	CDR. Kelley, William Douglas, USN	27 March 1992 - 28 May 1992
14	CDR. Wilkinson Jr., Joseph Beebe, USN (USNA 1972)	28 May 1992 - 30 July 1992
15	CDR. Bernstein, Lou, USN	30 July 1992 - 15 December 1993


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